We were in the Everglades National Park waiting for our tour with the Everglades Research Institute when we saw manatees in the marina touching each other and rolling over and over. Our guide for the day, Justin, said the manatees were mating. Wow, we had already seen kestrels mating in Atlanta and now we saw manatees mating in the Everglades. The Flamingo campsite where we were camping is the southern most tip of mainland Florida. Our tour was with Justin and another customer from Germany who was now working in Jacksonville, Florida. Justin took us out to a beach many miles away where we walked on the shore. Then he took us to a person build canal for a tour where we saw alligators and crocodiles. Then he took us to a natural canal which was more winding and convoluted. He anchored the boat and we took inflatable kayaks upstream to a spot where four flamingoes were hanging out. Before he left he gave us a safety talk and told us what to expect. He was very professional. Later that day we took a boat tour from the Flamingo marina up the canal to bear lake. We saw gators and crocodiles, anhingas and grebes. We had a good day in the Everglades.
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